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Hardcore Computist 61 For The Serious User Of Personal Com uters • RDEX SolJ~eY3 = Adventures of Sinbad • ARCHIVEmath • Aztec • Broadsides v2.0 • Calculus Toolkit • Cannonball Blitz • Catalyst 3.0 • Cofa Courseware. Cross Clues. Deathsword • Defender of the Crown. Dondra • Gauntlet. G.I. Joe • King'. Quest I • King's Quest U • King's Quest ill • Magical Myths • Math Shop. Mathhlaster • Mathhusters • Mavi8 Beacon Teach.. Typing • Megabots • Micro Addition/Subtraction • Microzine 625 • Microzine #26 .One-on-One • PFS Computer Checkup • PFS File • PFS Graph • PFS Report • PiratesI • Piratesl Ugs • Pr..enter • Rescue on Fracta1us • Science Toolkit • Smart Eyes. Softswiteh • Spiderbot • Tales from the Arabian Nights.Thinkware • Tink's Subtraction Fair • Tower of Myraglen • Ultima V • Xevious ImI R.I>E~: Softkey: .Print Shop .Test Drive BULK RATE COMPUTIST U.S. Postage PO Box 110846·T PAID Tacoma, WA 98411 Tacoma, WA Permit No. 269 You have a COMPUTIST Editor: Charles R. 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